Unfit..in a good way..On Sunday Morning

Doing things out of the usual…that’s kind of our thing here at “Unfit.”

So it’s perfect that just a couple hours ago, I attended a Quaker church service. And no…it bears no relation to my desire to meet the guy on the oatmeal box. Slightly to my dismay, nobody wore an oversized hat or rocked a beard. They were normal, friendly, old, and genuinely good people.

This was for a class. I’m not sure if I would have that much spontaneity to just wake up and attend a Quaker church. Since I can’t take that much credit, this was for a Religion in America assignment that was casually prodding over my head for months. Luckily, that’s now out of the way.

Fortunately, the service was well worth it.

I won’t go into too much detail, but I enjoyed sitting in the silence. Watching an occasional person speak. Listening to the creaking benches. Listening to rustles, coughs…dentures. It was a good time. Nothing like I had ever grown up with at Catholic mass. And because it was so atypical, so….unfit…I just had to share.

Go Quaker.

-Ryan

Spiderman Takeover

I’m surprised a crowd didn’t gather…

Letterman crams a whole lot of Spidermen (and a few other choice selections) into a Jamba Juice.

via Cable & Tweed.

Election Hangover

It’s been a couple of days since the most historic election in our nation’s history, but I bet you still feel a bit tired.  Maybe your head still hurts from the jubilation that night, or the bitter taste of defeat.  However, all of that is now behind us and it’s time to move on.  But that doesn’t mean the secrets of that night won’t be revealed.  In the Washington Post this week, they admitted that their coverage of Obama was biased compared to McCain.

Oops.

At least some escapades from that fateful night are supposed to stay secret.  Sure, you’ll remember the good things, and would soon want to forget the bad.  Just ask Sarah Palin about that.  I mean, there’s been reports that the GOP was unhappy with how she ran the election.

I guess after a wild night, you really know who your friends are.

But it’s okay.  We’ll all make it through this hangover together.  Just drink some water and get lots of rest.

Someday you’ll put it all behind you and have a laugh.

Cheezeburger

Another Saturday + More images + New theme = cheeseburgers?

Why not?

Pumpkin Burger

Grilled Cheese Burger

World's Smallest Burger

And if that one isn’t big enough, here’s my favorite….

Death By Burger

G-rosss (fyi…I heard he ate it all)

…fat ass

-Ryan

Beaming in Reporters

Tomogram, not hologram! Get your act together, CNN! CBC news:

The CNN anchors were not really speaking to three-dimensional projected images, but rather empty space, Kreuzer said. The images were simply added to what viewers saw on their screens at home, in much the same way computer-generated special effects are added to movies.

In other news, the Obama family are adopting a poodle, which makes me very happy-best dogs.

edit* maybe a poodle, I read that wrong. Just has to be hypoallergenic for the girls.

Also…

http://www.ultragrrrl.blogspot.com/

Just One of Those Things on the Side

I’m not entirely convinced by James P. Gee.

So he argues that there is more to video games than just entertainment. That they actually teach more than what a classroom can teach. With a video game, players can actively learn, recognize patterns, get past obstacles, and maybe throw a Pikmin or two around in the process. Sounds like a good time to me.

But I’m not entirely sure video games should be given the crazy amount of credit Gee bestows upon them.

For starters, I was once THAT kid. I used to play these games everyday. Before school. After school. At a friend’s house. During dinner. After dinner. In my sleep. I’m not going to deny. It was maybe a little pitiful. So I completely understand where Gee is coming from.

But it’s time to grow up, man.

Sure semiotic domains, a new literacy, problem solving…it’s all part of video games…but an overly complicated assertion that video games are this real life alternative to the classroom? Umm not so much.

I’m probably just bitter from my wasted days spent in front of Final Fantasy [insert roman numeral here] and practically every game made by Nintendo. I’ll even go so far as to say I would still be able to hold my own in an affinity group about games. BUT it’s not my everything.

Life is about balance. These days, I’m grounded in reality. In my past, I was grounded in the virtual.

I guess it has kind of worked out that I’ve found a middle ground between the two worlds. And that’s what it’s all about. Because trust me. You better believe I can still get all 150 stars in Super Mario 64. But that’s not something that’ll get me a future career.

It’s just one of those things on the side.

-Ryan

Unfit For Life

I wonder about some people.

I.E…this kid:

So apparently it takes 3 pages of paper to write out his name. Because, believe it or not, his name is:

“Captain Fantastic Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined”

Did anybody ever inform him that superhero names only make sense in comic books? And that it’s only a little unusual to name yourself something so ridiculous?

All I can say about this is, wow. I wonder what happens when someone informally talks to him. Do they just call him the beginning part, Captain Fantastic? Cause that’s hilarious on its own. And then the rest of the name…a little boastful no? “Faster Than Superman Spiderman Batman Wolverine Hulk And The Flash Combined.”

Like woah..slow down..I can see you could be faster than spiderman. But the flash, superman, and the hulk COMBINED?!

That’s just too fast for me to even fathom.

-Ryan

Unfit For Philly

This idiot got Grey Goose chucked at him.

And this idiot’s friend started to shake the entire pole.

143 LG15!

I thought I was going to hate lonelygirl. I also thought she was a real teenager, crying about her life on a webcam. But once I read Davis’s The Secret World of Lonely Girl I became intrigued.

Knowing her real identity is Jessica Rose and that it is scripted makes the Youtube series fascinating. The editing is a perfect match to the actress’s features, and as The Secret World of Lonely Girl points out:

There’s something about Jessica Rose that the webcam loves. Her distractingly large eyebrows and small round face are bent and stretched by the fish-eye lens into a morsel of beauty that fits perfectly in a pop-up window.

Now I knew lonelygirl was a phenomenon and a big deal, but I am still shocked at the amount of views and vlogs responding to the clips. This is my favorite so far.

So far I’m hooked on the series, I root for Daniel to sweep lonelygirl off her feet and desperately want her to reveal her religion. It’s so convenient to be able to watch the 3-minute clips in between whatever it is I am supposed to be doing. I think Beckett and Flinders had an incredibly smart vision and I expect to see more of this kind of thing in the future. Just look at Gossip Girl, whose fan base is primarily watching online.

Intelligence

It’s Saturday. How about some “thoughtless” images?

This better not be a double entendre

-Ryan